I was a priest in the city-state era.

Chapter 238 The Solution to the Food Problem

Roy originally thought that as the city of Athens became the trading hub and overlord of the Aegean Sea, he would be able to live a peaceful life for a few days.

But this peaceful life was soon broken by unexpected events.

The Royal Palace of Athens.

The hall where the throne is located.

Sitting behind a stone table, Roy was drawing iron hoes, iron shovels, iron sickles, iron plows, iron saws and other agricultural tools, as well as iron bows, iron arrows, iron knives, iron spears and other weapons with pen and paper. Nirvana suddenly brought an Egyptian who looked like a businessman into the hall.

Seeing that Roy was still drawing seriously, Kaone said anxiously.

"Your Majesty, there are important things you need to deal with now."

"I'm doing very important things right now, and I'll deal with what you said after I finish painting."

The manufacture of these ironware will not only enable the Kingdom of Athens to improve its farming technology to achieve food self-sufficiency, but also enable the Kingdom of Athens' military strength to lead the entire world by an era or even two eras, and attack other regions in wars.

So for Roy, it was really important to draw how these irons were made.

Hearing Roy's words, Kaone took a deep breath and said.

"The number of grain transport ships that came to the port today has decreased by more than half."

Roy immediately stopped what he was doing, looked at Kaone full of doubts and asked.

"What happened? Could it be that there are other cities in the Aegean Sea region that have replaced Athens as the new trade hub?"

Kaone shook her head, then looked at the Egyptian businessman beside her and said.

"Let this Egyptian merchant tell you!"

The Egyptian businessman first bowed his head respectfully to Roy, then raised his head and said.

"Your Majesty the King of Athens! I am a grain merchant from Egypt, and I am also the envoy of King Kepheus of Egypt. Now Kamose in southern Egypt is leading a rebel army to attack the territory of His Majesty Kepheus, so His Majesty Kepheus has decided to ban Grain is exported. If the Athenians want to continue to buy Egyptian grain, His Majesty the King of Athens must lead the army to Egypt to destroy Kamose and his rebels for His Majesty Cepheus."

After listening to the Egyptian businessman, Roy frowned and said.

"King Kepheus of Egypt wants to use food as a reward to let us Athens become his mercenaries? If I accept Cepheus' request, how many soldiers do I need to lead to Egypt?"

"If the Athenians want to buy 100 million catties of grain, you need to lead 3000 people to fight in Egypt. If the Athenians want to buy 200 million catties of grain, you need to lead 6000 people to fight in Egypt."

3000 people-

6000 people-

Hearing the two figures given by the Egyptian businessman, Roy said with a serious face.

"This matter is very important. You have to wait outside. I have to discuss it with other people before I can make a decision."

After the Egyptian merchant turned and left the hall, Roy immediately asked Procne on the throne.

"Procne, how much is the food shortage in Athens now?"

Procne also knew the seriousness of the matter, and said solemnly.

"Brother Loy, Athens still needs to buy 100 million catties of grain. If we add in the grain gap in Donia, we need to buy 200 million catties of grain. Although there is no Egyptian grain, the Phoenician merchants will still buy The grain from the Western Mediterranean is transported to the city of Athens, but the grain imported from the Western Mediterranean to the city of Athens will not exceed 100 million catties."

"In other words, I have to go to Egypt as a mercenary."

After Roy finished speaking with a wry smile, Philomela said worriedly.

"Brother Luoy, can't we think of a way to buy food from other places? Recently I heard that Kamose is not only the pharaoh of South Egypt, ruling hundreds of thousands of people, he is also the sun god of South Egypt Meng's son of God. It's too dangerous for brother Roy to fight against Kamose."

In this era, only true demigod heroes can deify themselves as the sons of gods.

In other words, Kamose is the god son of the sun god Amon, which means that he is a real demigod hero.

Thinking of the strength gap between the great hero [A Thousand Enemies] and the demigod hero [Ten Thousand Enemies], Roy said with a hesitant expression.

"If I don't go to Egypt as a mercenary, I can only launch wars to other places to get food, and let people from other places starve to death instead of the Athenians. Because now the only grain-producing area in the Mediterranean world is Egypt, and other areas can export Food is very limited. Although there are great fertile plains around the Black Sea, the people living there are still nomads, and only the Colchis region on the east coast of the Black Sea is an advanced farming civilization."

Thinking of the myth in another world, the Colchis region has the Golden Fleece—a symbol of wealth in the Colchis region, and the golden fleece is likely to imply the golden wheat fields in the Colchis region, Roy couldn't help thinking In the real history of another world, the Greeks did plunder food and other wealth from the Colchis area.

"Perhaps in addition to the Egyptian region, we can also buy food from the Colchis region on the east coast of the Black Sea. It seems that we have three choices now. The first choice is that I go to Egypt as a mercenary, and the second choice is that I take Soldiers go to other areas to rob food, and the third option is that I take the fleet to the east coast of the Black Sea to buy food."

After Roy finished speaking, Procne, Philomela, and Keone looked at Roy suspiciously.

"Brother Roy, where is the Black Sea you mentioned?"

Procne said worriedly.

"We have never heard of the Black Sea and Colchis regions you mentioned. Will you encounter danger when you go there?"

Kaone said with a frown.

"Honey, let's go directly to grab food from other areas! Although this is cruel, it can guarantee that you will not be in danger."

Philomela continued.

"I also support the robbing of food in other areas. I would rather sacrifice people in other areas, and I don't want Brother Roy to take risks in Egypt or the Colchis area that I have never heard of."

Roy looked at Procne, and Procne took a deep breath and said.

"Brother Luoy, I don't want you to be in danger either, so I also agree to go to other areas to rob food."

"Since you all say so—"

Roy said with a smile.

"Then I will listen to you. I will take the Athenians to other places to rob food."

The three girls breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and then Philomela asked curiously.

"Brother Roy, do you know where there is a suitable target?"

Roy nodded.

"I plan to go to the city of Sais in northern Egypt to snatch food. Sais city is a city guarded by the goddess Knight called Pallas [Spearman]. I not only want to grab food from Sais city to strengthen Athens City, and help the goddess Metis to absorb the goddess Knight, so that the goddess Metis has the image of Pallas [Spear Swinger]."

Thinking of the patron saint of Athens in another world, Roy continued.

"If I can snatch the statue of Goddess Nate back and put it in the hands of the statue of Metis, maybe I can not only help Goddess Metis absorb the Godhead of Goddess Nate, but also make Goddess Nate become the goddess of Metis. The subordinate god of God, let the goddess Knight become the symbol of the goddess Metis' eternal grasp of victory."

(End of this chapter)